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How Many Christians Are There in China? It’s Complicated
[…] illustrate, I reached out to three individuals in the China academic and ministry communities and posed these two questions: 1) What is your preferred estimate on the number of Christians in China? 2) How do you arrive at that estimate? Professor Fenggang Yang of Purdue University responded in Part 1. Dr. Carsten Vala of […]
Difficulties with Church-Based Models in Chinese Missionary Sending
Understanding the Need for Mission-Sending-Organizational Development in China
[…] mission sending organization is just in the beginning stages of development in China and is currently difficult to find by missionary candidates. There are now reportedly a number of such working models. Though most are linked with house church associations, there at least three mission-sending organizations functioning independently. Field research underlined the necessity of developing mission-sending […]
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Pastors in China’s New Era
[…] their religious practice. Marie-Eve Reny, “Compliant Defiance: Informality and Survival among Protestant House Churches in China,” <em>Journal of Contemporary China</em> 27(111), (2018), 482. Interview with pastor PYC11329, southwestern province, 2019. One pastor described how the rent for his church buildings was paid off the previous year by a generous offering from a wealthy congregant. […]
ZGBriefs Newsletter for April 26, 2012
[…] demography. An upside-down pyramid (April 23, 2012, The Economist) OUR correspondents discuss the impact that China’s ageing population could have on its economy. ‘The service sucks’: Chinese airlines under fire (April 23, 2012, Sydney Morning Herald) Chinese airlines are struggling to stick with schedules as they contend with military restrictions on airspace, bad weather […]
ZGBriefs | June 16, 2016
<p></p> <p>Video: Sichuan Cuisine, Imperiled by Success (June 14, 2016, <em>The New York Times</em>)<br /> “Sichuanese cuisine really faces a crisis,” said Wang Kaifa, a 71-year-old chef who has been leading a campaign against what he sees as the creeping debasement of the region’s celebrated cooking. “The scene feels like it’s booming, but this is […]
ZGBriefs | August 10, 2017
<p></p> <p>'China has conquered Kenya': Inside Beijing's new strategy to win African hearts and minds (August 7, 2017, The Los Angeles Times)<br /> As a digital infrastructure provider, StarTimes is helping African states transition from analog television — a technology akin to FM radio, rife with snow, static and dropped signals — to digital, which […]
April 24, 2014
[…] attack in Kunming railway station (April 19, 2014, Los Angeles Times) The lack of information frustrates families, especially in light of the attention given relatives of Malaysia Airlines passengers. Made In The USA: Childless Chinese Turn To American Surrogates (April 21, 2014, NPR) Chinese couples who are unable to have children are turning to […]
Financial Considerations in Chinese Missionary Sending
Sources of Support and Difficulties in Raising Finances
Chinese Christians feel God calling them to long-term mission service. Attrition rates of Chinese missionaries are high, however, and a number of difficulties (including finances) hinder Chinese missionary sending. As part of a study examining causes of Chinese missionary attrition, I recently interviewed eleven Chinese long-term missionaries using a questionnaire developed by the World Evangelical Fellowship. In […]
My Problem with Progress
[…] of following the general letter of the law (passport photocopy? long-time customer? correctly-chopped police receipt?), or even a verbal okay from the Public Security official over the phone would have been sufficient to grease the wheels of the bureaucracy enough for me to get my money—perhaps with a promise to return with my passport […]
Chinese Churches Serving Those with Disabilities
[…] Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China (CCC & TSPM), the Amity Foundation, and local churches working together with domestic and international organizations. (The actual number may be far higher than this. According to the 2015 Social Service Ministries Annual Report published by the CCC & TSPM Social Service Department, 6,600 wheelchairs […]